NEW YORK -- Jakub Mensik texted Karolina Muchova on the eve of the US Open mixed doubles tournament so they could coordinate their outfits. Looking good on the court is important, he figured.
Now they look like a million bucks.
Muchova and Mensik won the title Wednesday night in their first time playing together, beating Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 1-6 (10-6).
The Czech duo, wearing the same pink tops and maroon bottoms they settled on Monday, pulled out match tiebreakers in both matches on the second night of the two-day event, fueled by Mensik's powerful serve combined with some good hands near the net. He put away the final with an ace to earn $1 million for him and Muchova to share.
"I think at the end, really the matching outfit made the difference for us," Muchova said.